(a) The department may enter into primary care case management contracts with primary care providers that serve persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Except as otherwise provided in this section, contracts made pursuant to this section shall be subject to all the requirements of this article and regulations of the department.
(b) Primary care providers contracted with pursuant to this section may provide services exclusively to Medi-Cal eligible persons infected with HIV.
(c) Capitation payment rates for primary care providers under this section shall be calculated based on the equivalent fee-for-service costs of providing care to HIV infected patients rather than on the equivalent fee-for-service cost of providing care to all Medi-Cal patients.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 34, Sec. 1. Effective April 20, 1992.)